subs. (old).A bailiff; a constable. Also NABMAN.
1780. R. TOMLINSON, A Slang Pastoral, st. x.
| Will no blood-hunting foot-pad, that hears me complain, |
| Stop the whine of that NABBING-CULL, constable Payne? |
1816. TERRY, Guy Mannering, ii. 3. Old Donton has sent the NABMAN after him at last.